MPDBA Newsletter Created By: Jill Crisp June 2021
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MPDBA Newsletter Created by: Jill Crisp June 2021 NEXT MEETING June 17, 2021 June 2021 greetings from your president. Please note Krista’s email regarding State Fair benching & demo assignments, and note that there are still openings. We now get over 12,000 per day people visiting our new Pet Pavilion. That is because of our beautiful dogs and wonderful people and presentations, but also because of all the new development and new vendors at the north end of the Fairgrounds. That, of course, means that we need more people to help get information out about purebred dogs. If you can bench or you can provide a demo, please contact Krista Peterson, [email protected] or contact me. The State Fair Committee will be sending information out about helping out at the info desk. It’s great fun answering the varied questions we get at the info desk and referring folks to the resources they need. Looking forward to working with you at the Fair. John Armour [email protected] State Fair is only 2-1/2 months away Many of you have responded to my email regarding the 2021 State Fair and there are some who have not responded. We have about 80% of the double benches booked and quite a few single benches left to book yet. If you are interested in benching, please let me know. The State Fair is asking for the schedule on or before June 21st. Thank you for all of you who have already booked and to those who plan to help out this year. The Fair is supposed to go on this year with no restrictions so that is good news! Unless something should take a turn and then they would make adjustments accordingly. This year the fair has increased their security at the entrance gates installing metal detectors etc. Here is the link to the sheet that show's who has booked for the fair with a few notes of people "pending" for benches and demo's. 2021 State Fair Sign Up - Google Sheets If you would like to help out with any of the openings, please let me know. Also if you booked this is a good way to make sure I have the information recorded correctly. Krista Peterson 763-843-5404 Double click on 2021 State Fair Sign Up – Goodle Sheets, right click and click on open hyperlink. If you are having problems please contact Krista at [email protected] 2021 Meeting Dates During COVID19 meetings are held via ZOOM MPDBA 2021 meeting dates. Note that all meetings are Zoom meetings till further notice, all meetings are the 3rd Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm except where noted. June 17 July 15 Aug 19 Note: State Fair would start on Aug 26th. This is the held at the fairgrounds with a BBQ And pick up tickets for benching at the fair. SCVKC dog show as of this date TBD Sep 16 Oct 21 Nov 18 Dec 16 MPBDA BOARD MINUTES MPDBA Minutes of Board Meeting May 20, 2021 Called to order via Zoom Conference at 7:03 pm by Vice President Nona Dietrich Attendance – Board Members Present – Barb Bartholomew, Nona Dietrich, Rose Hallman, Kris Hassig, Bobby Moore- Riebel, Wendy Olson, Carol Ouhl, Lois Walton, Adam Morris, Peggy Simerson Board Members Absent – John Armour Members Present – Krista Peterson, Karen Johnson, Alyssa Morris Guests Attended – Jeannette Wilson, Zachary Weston, Vicki Baker from Minneapolis Kennel Club Previous Meeting Minutes – Motion made by Rose Hallman to approve April meeting minutes as published in the newsletter and seconded by Carol Ouhl – All approved – none opposed. President’s Opening – Nona read an email from John Armour thanking Barb Armour for taking care of the membership so efficiently and thanking Nona for running the meeting. Secretary’s Report – Nothing to report. Treasurer’s Report – Lois previously emailed the full report to the Board. Starting balance $12,708.86 ending balance $12,555.26 – Lois stated she found cash in the amount of $123.00 from our 2015 Annual Meeting Raffle and deposited it, she also stated she had to send another check to Land O Lakes for our ad because the first one was lost in the mail. Motion made by Kris Hassig to approve emailed report seconded by Barbara Bartholomew – All approved – none opposed. Membership – Barb sent an email to members she has not heard from. Jeanette Wilson and Zachary Weston’s home visit needs to be done. Theresa Baker has been in contact with her to set this up. Barb sent an application to an interested person but has not heard anything in response. Sunshine Committee – Nothing to report. Juniors Committee – Wendy stated there have been no applicants for the scholarship. Education Committee – Wendy stated the committee is working on a video. State Fair Committee – Nothing to report. Food Drive Committee – Nothing to report. Legislation – Nothing to report, except Barbara is monitoring other states. New Business Discussion – Krista – Krista updated the board on filling the demos and the benches – there will be one less demo this year and the demos CANNOT go longer than 30 minutes – we are working with the Vet Building so neither of us drown the other out – the State Fair is planning on no restrictions and will be setting up metal detectors at the gates for security purposes. We are still in discussions to train their gate people on service dogs. Honorary Membership – Wendy and Carol will redo the Honorary Membership qualifications and hopefully have them for the June meeting. Motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Rose Hallman and seconded by Kris Hassig. Meeting adjourned at 8:02 pm. When John Armour, emailed the writer (Sherry Shivley) of the below article to ask if we could use her article in this month’s newsletter, this was the response we got. Thank you Sherry Shivley for allowing us to use your article. I would be most Honored for you to reprint any of my humble attempts to educate and entertain! Wanting to share my thoughts is the Greatest compliment I could receive! Dog Bless and may we all continue to strive for the BEST of the Best! Sherry Shivley DOG BREEDERS FUTURE IS IN OUR PAST Sherry L. Shivley, Field Reporter-Photographer for The Dog Place.org Have you ever really looked at your dog’s pedigree and researched the dogs that made an impact in making your dog who he or she is today? Some dog breeds no longer do the job they were bred to do. For example, we do not see many poodles hunting and retrieving. Most Sporting breeds discovered we have sofas and refrigerators full of snacks. Why hang out with a bunch of guys all morning chasing birds when you can watch Lassie and munch on a selection of delicious fruit and veggies? Preservationist Breeders is a new movement pushing back against the back- yard breeders and designer dogs, the “adopt don’t shop” mentality. The goal is keeping Purebreds Pure, Breeding to the Standard, and staying true to what your breed was created for. If you have an AKC or UKC registered dog, you have a short lineage on the Registration papers. You can also order Pedigrees on your pup from your Registry. Most breeds have a website page dedicated to keeping track of dogs and their accomplishments. It is a great way to preserve history of your breed. Because so many people are now introducing “designer” dogs into the world, it is even more important to acknowledge purebred dogs with history behind them. We no longer need Boxers to turn the spits of meat or grind grain but they love being protective house dogs. Mastiffs would rather nap in the sun than pull a cart of goods to market. Sighthounds chase bags around a course for fun. Ships have more efficient ways to control rodents, so they retired Schipperkes from a job they love. Barn hunts, nose work, lure coursing, dock diving; these are just a few classes offered for dogs that may not be suitable for conformation or for owners who want to allow their dogs to enjoy themselves while getting points towards their Champion title. Some breed clubs offer carting where the dog pulls a cart through an obstacle course. Many more Breeds have adapted over the years to a new way of life. As Preservationist Breeders it is in our best interest to continue their history as much as possible. Preserving our dog’s history is important not only for our future but for today. In some countries many breeds are on the brink of extinction and it is nearly impossible to export to other countries. People who had the vision of what the dog’s purpose would be and how it should look and act should be lauded. From their efforts we now have dogs for every purpose, every size, temperament and color. They wrote down what that dog should be but we may have strayed a bit over the years from the original Breed Standards. Some change for better - Some for worse. I see us banding together as Preservationist Breeders to protect our dogs from the puppy mills that don’t care about breed type and the animal rights zealots who want to destroy animal ownership. We will teach children and adults alike that Purebred dogs are healthy, have a proven temperament, and their line has produced what families want for generations. Rescues and back yard breeders don’t have that ability. If we don’t stop hiding from trouble, trouble will find us. It will seek us out individually until we are all gone.